Equisetaceae

Branched scouringrush

Equisetum ramosissimum Desf.

Family: Equisetaceae
Genus: Equisetum

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Common names

By language (21)

Arabic: كنباث أفرع
arz: كنباث افرع
Azerbaijani: Budaqlı qatırquyruğu
Belarusian: Хвошч галінасты
Bulgarian: Разклонен хвощ
Chinese: 節節草, 节节草, 木賊, 笔管草, 草问荆
Croatian: Razgranjena preslica
Czech: Přeslička větevnatá
Dutch: Vertakte paardenstaart
English: Branched scouringrush, Boston horsetail
Finnish: Risukorte
French: Prêle rameuse, Prêle très rameuse, Prêle ramifiée
German: Ästiger Schachtelhalm, Žstiger Schachtelhalm
Japanese: イヌドクサ
Macedonian: Разгрането коњско опавче
Persian: دماسب پرشاخه
Polish: Skrzyp gałęzisty
Russian: Хвощ ветвистый
Slovenian: Razrasla preslica
Ukrainian: Хвощ галузистий
Welsh: Marchrawnen ganghennog

Synonyms

Equisetum albomarginatum Kit.
Equisetum arboreum Comm. ex Milde
Equisetum arenarium Kit.
Equisetum azoricum Gand.
Equisetum burchellii Vaucher
Equisetum campanulatum Poir.
Equisetum elongatum Willd.
Equisetum elongatum f. minus Formánek
Equisetum elongatum f. ramosum Kuntze
Equisetum elongatum f. simplex (Döll) Wirtg.
Equisetum elongatum f. subverticillatum (A.Braun) Wirtg.
Equisetum elongatum var. abyssinicum Milde
Equisetum elongatum var. arabicum Milde
Equisetum elongatum var. arcuatum Milde
Equisetum elongatum var. boivinii Milde
Equisetum elongatum var. boryanum Milde
Equisetum elongatum var. burchellii (Vaucher) Milde
Equisetum elongatum var. caespitosum Schur
Equisetum elongatum var. capense Milde
Equisetum elongatum var. distortum Milde
Equisetum elongatum var. dregeanum Milde
Equisetum elongatum var. elegans Milde
Equisetum elongatum var. flagelliferum Milde
Equisetum elongatum var. gracile (A.Braun) Döll
Equisetum elongatum var. gracile A.Braun ex Milde
Equisetum elongatum var. graecum Milde
Equisetum elongatum var. hispanicum Milde
Equisetum elongatum var. humile Milde
Equisetum elongatum var. incanum (Vaucher) Milde
Equisetum elongatum var. japonicum Milde
Equisetum elongatum var. lohseanum Milde
Equisetum elongatum var. nudum Milde
Equisetum elongatum var. ornatum Milde
Equisetum elongatum var. ramosissimum (Desf.) Jess.
Equisetum elongatum var. ramosissimum (Desf. ) Milde
Equisetum elongatum var. scabrum Milde
Equisetum elongatum var. simplex Döll
Equisetum elongatum var. simplex Rupr.
Equisetum elongatum var. sinaiticum Milde
Equisetum elongatum var. subverticillatum A.Braun ex Milde

and 100 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Petr Filippov, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Wynand Uys, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.